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City council Meeting:
Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO:
Mayor and city council
FROM:
City staff
SUBJECT:
FIREWORKS DISPLAY
INTRODUCTION
This report transmits the request of the Santa Monica Pier
Lessees Association to conduct three fireworks shows on February
4, 11, and 18, 1989 at dusk. The shows would be fired from the
beach north of the Pier.
BACKGROUND
The Santa Monica Pier Lessees Association, in an attempt to bring
people to the the Pier during the winter season, concluded that a
series of fireworks shows would be an effective manner of
attracting patrons and introducing the Pier to a larger audience.
The fireworks displays would start on Friday, February 4, 11, and
18 at dusk each night.
DISCUSSION
The pier Lessees Association has contracted with pyro Spectacular
to produce the shows. Each show would consist of approximately
150 - 200 shells (by contrast, "Dawn I s Early Light" contained
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l,500 shells). The duration of each individual show would be
approximately 15 minutes.
The cost of the three shows would be:
Promotion
TOTAL
$ 6,000
$ 7,500
$13,500
Fireworks
The Pier Restoration Corporation fully endorses this program.
The SMPLA has budgeted for this event. As previously negotiated,
50% of the funding is provided by the City as its standard match
to the dues paid and collected.
The programs submitted by the fireworks company contain smaller
sized and fewer shells which should provide a less noisy show
than usually associated with fireworks.
A stand-by fire fighter will be on duty for all three shows. The
cost is included in the promotion costs.
RECOMMENDATIONS
staff recommends that the city council approve the firework
display on the dates requested by the Santa Monica Pier Lessees
Association.
Prepared by:
Barbara Franklin-Moran
Director of Cultural and Recreation Services
Donald T. Arnett
Director of Recreation and Parks
Dodie Mosby
Business Administrator
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